Paschoal Samora
2021Gretchen: Filme Estrada
Paschoal Samora, Eliane Brum
Gretchen
In 2008, Gretchen divided her twerking between the stage and the podium. The singer and dancer – also known as the "Booty Queen" – traveled through villages in the northeast of Brazil, making a living as an artist in local circuses and making noise in her campaign for mayor of Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco. From circus to circus, the film records the performer's experiences to face her political opponents and her new audience, the electorate.
Gretchen: Road Movie
A Chave da Casa
Paschoal Samora, Stela Grisotti
The documentary Home Key - Chave da Casa follows the last 48 hours of a group of Palestinians in the refugee camp of Al-Rweished, on the border between Jordan and Iraq, before leaving for Brazil. They leave behind family, friends and a past full of memories. Nine months later, the film follows five of them in different points of Brazil, showing their adaptation issues, their fears for family safety, for the ones that were left behind in the middle east, the country, the uncertainties and hopes for a new future.
A Chave da Casa